Chapter 549: No More Relations

Jiang Baobao thought for a moment, not dwelling on it, then left the window, intending to go back upstairs to rest for a while.

But she didn't expect that just as she reached the stairs, she would suddenly hear the villa door being pushed open.

She turned around instinctively and saw Li Beijue walking in from outside with a dark expression.

"Why are you back all of a sudden?"

She asked casually, thinking Li Beijue had returned to get some work documents.

But she didn't expect that as soon as she finished speaking, she was grabbed by the hand and pulled up the stairs.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Baobao saw his poor complexion and asked hurriedly.

Li Beijue kept his face dark and didn't say a word until they returned to the bedroom, at which point he pulled her into his arms.

The posture, however, was not the usual one of shielding her in his embrace, but rather him bowing his head slightly, resting his chin on her shoulder.

Jiang Baobao realized something almost immediately and patted Li Beijue's back gently.

"What's wrong? Did you... encounter something? Do you want to tell me about it?"

She comforted the person before her in a soft voice, carefully searching her mind for various possibilities.

But she didn't expect Li Beijue to suddenly say in a low voice: "I'm sorry..."

"Hm? Why are you apologizing to me again?"

Jiang Baobao heard that his tone was off and teased him with a smile: "Xinaijie just left not long ago, and she also came specifically to apologize to me. I've heard those three words so much today that my ears are almost calloused!"

Li Beijue chuckled upon hearing this, but held the person in his arms even tighter.

Jiang Baobao stopped asking and just accompanied him silently.

She didn't know how much time had passed before she felt the person holding her loosen his grip slightly.

"Liu Rumeng came to see me today."

Li Beijue's complexion had returned to normal.

Jiang Baobao was not surprised by this at all and asked calmly: "And then? Did she want to beg for your forgiveness and continue to maintain a friendship with you?"

"Yes."

Li Beijue nodded, then suddenly let out a long sigh.

He took out his phone, navigated with practiced ease to the post he had just been looking at, and placed it in front of Jiang Baobao.

Jiang Baobao scanned it instinctively, and then an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.

"This... is this true? She..."

Jiang Baobao never imagined that the matter Li Beijue had just told her about was actually orchestrated by Liu Rumeng back then!

No wonder his complexion was so bad when he first came back...

"Li Beijue, you..."

Jiang Baobao wanted to say something.

Li Beijue, fearing she would misunderstand, explained hurriedly: "I don't care about her; I just hate being schemed against like this, and after all these years, I actually didn't notice it at all!"

"I know. So what do you plan to do now? Did she admit it herself?"

Jiang Baobao pressed.

"She didn't need to admit it; her expression at the time was enough to explain everything. I have already told the Li Corporation front desk and the people at Li Mansion not to let her in again. I won't have any contact with her in the future; I'll just act as if I never knew this person."

"Mm, that's for the best. Regardless of anything else, we still have to give the Liu Family some face."

Jiang Baobao had no objections to his way of handling it.

Li Beijue, however, frowned, unable to help but feel a bit self-reproachful.

"If I had recognized what kind of person she was sooner, she wouldn't have had the chance to do that to you..."

"Alright! That matter is already in the past! Why are you like Xinaijie, both dwelling on it? Am I not perfectly fine now?"

Jiang Baobao didn't want to see him blaming himself so much; as she spoke, she leaned forward quickly and planted a light kiss on the corner of his lips.

Li Beijue's eyes flickered for a moment, and he instinctively leaned in, wanting to deepen the kiss.

Jiang Baobao pulled back deliberately, creating distance: "Don't push your luck! I was just comforting you just now!"

Li Beijue immediately smiled and pulled her back: "Is such a simple comfort a bit too perfunctory?"

The last two words melted into their meeting lips and teeth.

The air was instantly filled with sweetness.

A few days later—the auspicious date carefully selected by Li Laoyezi was set for one month from then.

Almost everyone was busy preparing for the upcoming wedding.

The three little ones were not idle either, asking about the wedding day arrangements almost once or twice a day.

Li Laoyezi even had three sets of new clothes custom-made for the three little ones to wear at the wedding.

In the afternoon—Jiang Baobao and Li Beijue went to the Old Residence together to discuss the wedding details with Li Laoyezi.

The three little ones were taken by Zheng Bo and Assistant Chen to try on the newly made clothes.

The group parted ways at the entrance.

Without Jiang Baobao and Li Beijue following them, the three little ones started making a fuss as soon as they got into the car.

"Grandpa Zheng! Can we go out to play after trying on the clothes? I want to eat ice cream!"

Tiantian was the first to raise her hand to "trouble" Zheng Bo.

Zheng Bo immediately wore a wry smile, caught between laughter and tears: "Miss Tiantian, we have ice cream at home too. Let's eat it when we get back. If you get a stomachache from eating outside, Young Master and Madam will definitely be worried..."

"Hmm... that's true too..."

Tiantian nodded obediently, thought for two seconds, and decided not to let her daddy and mommy worry.

But the next second, Mobai also raised his hand and said loudly, "Grandpa Zheng! Then let's go shopping! It's the perfect time to go see the new Lego sets!"

"Ah, this..."

Zheng Bo thought of a countermeasure quickly and hurriedly tried to stop them, saying, "Young Master Mobai, if you want to go shopping, why not pick a suitable time for the Young Master and Madam to take the three of you together? What fun is there in shopping with an old man like me?"

"Hmm..." Mobai was suddenly speechless, appearing to be seriously considering Zheng Bo's suggestion.

Zheng Bo looked at the three little ones before him and felt utterly "exhausted."

Fortunately, there was still the sensible Yanbao, who, seeing that Mobai and Tiantian were both clamoring to go out and play, hurriedly persuaded them, "Mobai, Tiantian, Daddy and Mommy told us to go back early. If we go back too late, they will worry, and they might even blame Grandpa Zheng."

Hearing this, Zheng Bo immediately breathed a sigh of relief and could not help but feel a bit gratified.

Thank goodness... at least there was one who could save him some trouble!

Mobai and Tiantian had always liked listening to Yanbao, so upon hearing this, they both nodded obediently and dismissed their previous idea.

The three of them soon started chatting about other topics, and the sound of chirping discussions drifted through the car from time to time, leaving a trail of laughter on the road, even making Zheng Bo and the driver unable to stop smiling.

Yet no one noticed—a black car had been following behind them ever since they left.

Soon, the Li Family's car stopped in front of a very luxuriously decorated private custom shop.

Zheng Bo took the three little ones out of the car and walked inside.

Not far away, the black car also pulled over and stopped.